Data Collection (Sample--D Block)

Gulf War

Duration: 8 years, 9 months. About 3192 days
Average US GDP in previous 5 years (1998-2002), 2008 US dollars : $9.2 billion
Average US GDP during war (2003-2011), 2008 US dollars: $12.60 billion
Average US GDP post-war (2012), 2008 US dollars: $14.70 billion
Average value of US dollar pre-war (1998-2002) relative to 2008 US dollar using Consumer Price Index: $1.26
Average value of US dollar during war (2003-2011) relative to 2008 US dollar using Consumer Price Index: $1.05
Average value of US dollar after war (2012) relative to 2008 US dollar using Consumer Price Index: $0.94
Total Cost of Iraq War, 2008 dollars: $3.0 trillion
Cost of property damaged, 2008 dollars: $390 billion

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World War I and Korean War

Duration of War
World War 1: 1,567 days (July 28 1914 - November 11, 1918)
US in War for 585 Days
Korean War: 1,128 days (June 25, 1950 - Jul 27, 1953)
US in War for 1,123 days
Property Cost
World War 1
Korean War
the war destroyed some 8,700 factories, 5,000 schools, 1,000 hospitals and 600,000 homes.
GDP of US (Before, During, After)
World War 1

• Before:
• During:
• After:

Korean War

• Before
  • 1948 - 1.84 Trillion

• During
  • 1950 - 2.08 Trillion
  • 1951 - 2.19 Trillion
  • 1952 - 2.31 Trillion
  • 1953 - 2.31 Trillion

• After
  • 1954 - 2.38 Trillion

Value of $

• World War 1
  • 1914 $1 -> 2008 $23.39
  • 1915 $1 -> 2008 $23.16
  • 1916 $1 -> 2008 $21.46
  • 1917 $1 -> 2008 $18.27
  • 1918 $1 -> 2008 15.49

• Korean War
  • 1950 $1 -> 2008 $9.70
  • 1951 $1 -> 2008 $9.00
  • 1952 $1 -> 2008 $8.83
  • 1953 $1- > 2008 $8.76

Cost of War for US

• World War 1 - 275 Billion
• Korean War - 348 Billion

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Civil War and Vietnam Conflict

Constant $ = FY 2008
Civil War:
Duration
1488 days
Cost of War ($)
Union - 45,199,000,000
Confederacy - 15,244,000,000
Total - 60,443,000,000
Value of Dollar
1861: $1 = 2008: $23.69
GDP
GDP Before: $118 Billion
GDP After: $136 billion
Vietnam War:
Duration
7122 days
Cost of War
Total - $686,000,000,000
Value of Dollar
1955: $1 = 2008: $7.95
GDP
GDP Before: $20.40 trillion
GDP After: $19.90 trillion

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Mexican-American War and World War II

Constant $= 2008
Mexican American War
Duration (days): 617 days
Property Cost: $14.4 million
GDP pre (1845): $1,842.0 million
GDP during (1847): $2,387.0 million
GDP post (1849): $2,395.0 million
Cost of War: 1,801 million
Value of $ (1845) - $23.036 = $1 (2008)
(1845) - $1 = $0.034 (2008)
James K. Polk dismissed the $3 million ($80 million today) that Mexico owed them (Mexican War of Independence)
http://mykindred.com/cloud/TX/Documents/dollar/index.php?cyear=1845
World War 2
Duration

• The war lasted 2193 days total
• The US was involved for 1366 days

US GDP

• Before(1941): 1094
• After(1945): 1474

Value of Dollar

• Reference ($1): 2008
• Before (1941): $14.626
• After (1945): $11.967

World War II Current Year $ Constant FY2008$	1941-1945 296 billion 4,114 billion

$59,806,390,000
Cost of american lives lost according to "http://www.hitler.org/ww2-deaths.html" and compensation for the death of a soldier in WWII
Sources
http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/spending_chart_1860_2010USk_13s1li011mcn__US_Real_Gross_Domestic_Product_History
http://www.history.navy.mil/library/online/costs_of_major_us_wars.htm
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RS22926.pdf
http://www.history.navy.mil/library/online/costs_of_major_us_wars.htm#costs
http://www.measuringworth.com/uscompare/

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War of 1812

DURATION- 975 days of war
VALUE OF DOLLAR- $13.07 in 1812 17.92 in 1815
COST OF WAR
1812- Cost of war 90,000,000
2013- Cost of war 1,177,000,000
GDP

1812- 779 mil
1813 960 mil
1814 068 mil
1815916 mil
Property Damage
110 million
1.45 billion today

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French and Indian War

War Duration:
7 years (1756-1763)
Involved Nations:
Great Britain, English Colonies, and Iroquois Confederacy vs. France and Native American Nations (Algonquin, Lenape, Wyandot, Ojibwa, Ottawa and Shawnee)
Territories Involved:
Eastern Canada (New France) and Northern British Colonies (Current Ohio, Virginia, New York, and Pennsylvania) - 1,199,211 sq miles
Population:
1,400,000 people (1,100,000 British in North America, 50,000 French in New France, and 250,000 Native Americans)
Casualties:
10,400 on British side and 3,000 on French side
Property cost:
GDP:
Before - $19,245.86 (1756)
During - $19,751.16 (1760)
After - $20,269.71 (1764)
Value of $:
£1 in 1750 = $174.6 in 2008
Cost of war:
£70,000,000 / $12,222,000,000 for British

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Spanish-American War and Plains Indian Wars

Duration:
Entire War: 1876 - 1890; 162 Months
Battle of Little Big Horn (Sioux/Black Hills): June 25 - June 26 1876
Battle of Wolf Mountain: January 8, 1877
Battle of Wounded Knee: December 29, 1890

Cost of War:

• US Government: paid $105 million (1980 dollar) to Indians to compensate for damage in 1980, but Sioux never collected money

GDP:

Year	Real GDP (millions 2009)	Population (in thousands)
1874 before	152,180	44,429
1876 start	158,198	46,459
1883 during	252, 323	54,435
1890 end	344,747	63,056
1891 after	348,823	64,432

Value of dollar:
1876 = $20.156
1890 = $23.889
Spanish-American War:
Duration: Fighting: 8 Months

GDP (before, during, after)

Year	Real GDP (millions 2009 dollars)	Population (thousands)
1896 before	360,483	71,188
1898 start/during/end	417,134	73,600
1900 after	445, 659	74,793

Cost of war:

• For US:
  • $283 dollars in war
  • $20 million to buy Cuba from Spain
  • 3,000 lives

1898 = $25.800
1899= $25.800
http://mykindred.com/cloud/TX/Documents/dollar/index.php?cyear=2008

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First Persian Gulf War

First Persian Gulf War

1. Duration of the 1st Persian Gulf War: around 7 months (6 months and 26 days)
   1. Start of the war: August 2, 1990 Iraq invades Kuwait. Saddam Hussein proclaims Kuwait as a province of Iraq.
   2. United States joined the war and sent troops to Saudi Arabia: August 7, 1990
   3. End of the war: February 28,1991 Iraq accepts conditions for a permanent cease fire.

1. Value of the American Dollar
   1. before the war:1989: $0.269 (1967 dollars) equivalent to $1.74 (2008 dollars)
   2. after the war: 1992: $0.238 (1967 dollars) equivalent to $1.54 (2008 dollars)
   3. $1 - 1967 dollar = $6.45 - 2008 dollars

1. Total Cost of the war (Just US)
   1. 2013 dollars- $61 billion
   2. 2008 dollars - $96 billion

1. Total Property Cost (Land lost in Iraq)
   1. ​around $200 billion

1. GDP
   1. 5.24 trillion before the war
   2. 6.089 trillion after the war

Links used:

• http://www.wolframalpha.com/
• http://www.history.com/topics/persian-gulf-war
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_war
• http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/108054.pdf
• http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/history/persian-gulf-wars.html
• http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/bush-gulf-war/
• http://warchronicle.com/iraq/news/timeline_two_wars.htm
• http://mykindred.com/cloud/TX/Documents/dollar/
• http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl?cost1=1&year1=1967&year2=2008
• http://books.google.com/books?id=ZXZIz7M1Bt4C&pg=PA8&lpg=PA8&dq=gulf+war+property+damage&source=bl&ots=F13xOaYmMB&sig=NTLjmZDl62EgmoJz_B828HLkfEw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=D4BBUtFuhIXZBevbgdgB&ved=0CE0Q6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=gulf%20war%20property%20damage&f=false